The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-15
BLAINE'S VIEWS.
He Differs with the President ON Re
ductng the Revenue.

He Differs With the President on he
ducing the Revenue.
NEW YORK, Dec. s.-The Tribune
to-day contains long interview with
Hon. James G. Blaine on President
Cleveland's message. 1t was taken IN
short hand under the direction of the
Tribune's Paris correspondent and
sent by cable. 1t is as follows.
81 have been reading an abstract Of
the presidents message and have been
especially interested in the comments
of the London papers. Those papers
all assume to declare the message Is a
free trade manifesto and evidently are
anticipating an enlarged market for
English fabrics in the United States
as a consequence of the presidents
recommendations. Perhaps that fact
stamps the character of the message
more clearly than any words of mine
CAM
ssYou don't mean actual free trade,
No" replied Mr.. Blaine, "nor do
the London operators mean that. They
simply mean that the president has
recommended what in the United
States is known as revenue tariff. re-
jecting the protective feature as an OBJ
ject, and not even permitting protee-
ton to result freely as an incident to
revenue duties"
ST don't know that I quite compre-
bend that last point, F" said the reporter.
81 mean" said Mr.. Blaine, ''that for
the first time in the history of the
United States. the president recon-
mends retaining the internal tax in or
der that the tariff may be forced down
even below the fair revenue standard.
He recommends that the tax on to-
| bacco be retained. and thus that many
millions annually shall be levied on
domestic product which would far bet
| ter come from tariff on foreign fab
RIGS"
sThen do you mean to imply that
| you would favor the repeal of the to-
bacco tax?"
'sCertainIy. mean just that" said
Mr.. Blaine. 81 should urge that done
aS once before the Christmas holidays.
| 1t would in the first plaOe bring great
relief to the growers of tobacco all over
the country and would materially
lessen the price of the article to con-
sumers. Tobacco to millions of men is
luxury, but it is luxury in no othel
sense than tea and coffee are Injuries
1t is well to remember that the luxury
Of yesterday becomes a necessity of to
day. Watch, if you please, the mum
Der of men at work on the farm, in thI
J coal mine, along the railroad, in thu
J iron foundry or in any calling and yoI
viii find 95 of 100 cheWin,
: while they work. After each meal til
] same proportion seek the solace of 1
7 pipe or a cigar. These not only pa,
the millions of the tobacco tax, Blu
3 pay on every plug and every cigar a
{ enhanced price which the tax enable
d the manufacturer and retailer to en-
: pose. The only excuse for such q ia
| is the actual necessity under which tn
: government found itself during the wa
Q and the years Immediately following
Q To retain the tax now in order to ID
o stroy the protection which would il
4 eidently flow from raising the sam
8 amount Of money on f0reig
| imports is certainly most extTi
q ordinary policy for our government. !"
IS ssWell, then, Mr.. Blaine, would 70
, advise the repeal Of the whisky taxi
:. mo, ! would not. Other consider